On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) responded to a question on if he would support increasing taxes on the wealthy by stating that “I’ll go back to, probably, Benjamin Franklin, the merchant should not pay
Nearly ten thousand millionaires are predicted to flee the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom this year amid expected tax raids from the left-wing Labour Party government of Sir Keir Starmer.
Labour professes to have discovered a “huge black hole” in the public purse, widely reckoned to be the crafting of a pretext to raise taxes.
Germans should pay a Ukraine tax to continue funding the war against Russia, a top economic advisor to the government has argued.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) released a new ad on Tuesday slamming vulnerable Ohio Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown’s tax hike hypocrisy in wanting people to pay more taxes but failing to pay his own at least seven times.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen admitted she did not know what the tax rate would have to be to cover President Joe Biden’s proposed tax hikes on those earning over $400,000 to save social security.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday host Matt Boyle that pro-economic growth policies are the best way to offset the $31.3 trillion national debt.
Millions of UK taxpayers face being placed in higher tax brackets as a result of the fiscal drag caused by the “deep freeze” on tax bands.
Former prime minister Liz Truss has spoken out on her ouster, saying a MPs within her own party who have bought into leftist tax-and-spend orthodoxy, the deep state, and foreign actors including U.S. President Joe Biden killed her premiership before she had “a realistic chance” to govern.
President Joe Biden on Friday laid out the contours of what he sees as a forthcoming debt ceiling standoff with congressional Republicans: A battle over spending cuts that Republicans seek and tax hikes that Democrats want.
Under the so-called Conservative Party, the British public saw their tax burden rise at the second-highest rate among G7 nations in 2021.
Two million British workers face the prospect of paying 60 per cent of their income to the government in taxes as a result of the latest round of hikes by the supposedly conservative government which is also splashing out billions more on state employees’ pensions.
An investigation from a British newspaper has found the government has wasted at least £14 billion on frivolous expenditures.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Chancellor Jeremy Hunt have “declared war” on workers and small businesses with their tax-hiking autumn budget, according to Nigel Farage.
Britain’s finance minister said that Britons must “face into the storm” as he announced a swath of new taxes and spending cuts, supposedly to shore up the nation’s finances while somehow still stimulating growth, as the country faces the prospect of the longest recession in recorded history.
Britain’s Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt warned of spending cuts and tax increases for cash-strapped Britons despite a looming recession.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called for increased taxes on energy profits because of the war in Ukraine and climate change.
President Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is now begging the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) not to target working and middle-class Americans after Senate Democrats voted down a measure that would have banned such practices.
Cortez Masto voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act — a move her Republican opponent said will only crush everyday Americans.
A bill backed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) would unleash the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) on middle class Americans while keeping tax loopholes open for billionaires and their multinational corporations.
The UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer has been engaging in financial double-speak, promising that he will cut taxes despite having just increased them.
Wealthy British stars have called for a “gadget tax” on electronics in a bid to have the public subsidise the arts during the pandemic.
Stocks fell on the news that Biden plans to nearly double the tax on capital gains for wealthier Americans.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) slammed the Democrats on the Senate floor Tuesday for an “Orwellian campaign” that seeks to relabel many progressive policies as “infrastructure.”
The program would shift the economy toward increased dependence on government spending to generate economic growth.
When asked about the moderate Senate Democrat’s concerns about the bill, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said they will be part of ongoing discussions with the president.
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN), a vulnerable frontline House Democrat, is invested in a questionable fund in the Cayman Islands, his latest personal financial disclosure forms show.
Moderate House Democrats are pushing back against potential tax hikes intended to fund President Joe Biden’s $3 trillion infrastructure package.
A majority of Americans believe they are already paying their fair share in taxes, Rasmussen Reports found. The survey comes on the heels of the Biden administration considering a significant tax hike.
The burden on the British taxpayer has hit levels not seen in 70 years, yet the Treasury secretary is considering tax hikes to make up for the massive budget shortfalls incurred during the Chinese coronavirus crisis and the ensuing lockdowns.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) used the outbreak of the novel coronavirus to push his vision for Medicare for All during a rally with supporters in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday.
The Japanese government hiked its consumption tax in October. The drag on the economy was much larger than expected.
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg once asserted that his numerous nanny state proposals – including his pursuit of banning large sugary beverages and enacting sweeping gun control measures – have earned him a spot in heaven.
Workers with incomes above $250,000 would be hit with a steep new payroll tax under proposals by Elizabeth Warren and other Democrats.
Late-night host Stephen Colbert stumped Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) during her appearance on his show Tuesday night after confronting her for refusing to say if Medicare for All would result in higher taxes for the middle class.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s (D-MA) sweeping campaign proposals will cost the U.S. at least $5 trillion over the next decade, according to an estimate from the Washington Times.
The deep-blue state of Illinois may be in play in the 2020 presidential election, thanks to aggressive left-wing policies being pursued by an unpopular state government that could trigger a significant public backlash.
Alfredo Ortiz writes at Fox News extolling the vibrancy of small business in the Trump economy but warning that this success could be imperiled by government policies favored by Democrats.
The French Yellow Vest protest movement against high taxes has spread to Belgium after protesters clashed with police in Brussels on Friday.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron has painted swathes of anti-tax-hike protesters as violent amidst calls for his resignation over his progressive policies.
